Life follows the law of
"As within, so without." If we fail to nurture these positive, sattvic,
and life-enhancing qualities on the inside, then how do we expect them to
manifest in our lives? We cannot be dependent upon others to supply us with our
inner self - we need to do this ourselves - and this is work well worth doing.

It is very destructive to
maintain an unnecessarily negative and unkind relationship with ourselves, sadly
this seems to be a problem that many people suffer from - and it is not
necessary to be stuck with this problem. We can overcome this neurotic
(irrational) self-dislike and this is one of the first steps in any course of
self-development.